1971–72 Primeira Divisão

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Primeira Liga
Season1971–72
ChampionsBenfica
19th title
Matches played240
Goals scored638 (2.66 per match)

The 1971–72 Primeira Divisão was the 38th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 30 26 3 1 81 16 +65 55 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Vitória de Setúbal 30 17 11 2 62 16 +46 45 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Sporting CP 30 17 9 4 51 26 +25 43 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
4
CUF Barreiro
30 12 13 5 43 28 +15 37 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Porto 30 13 7 10 51 32 +19 33
6 Vitória de Guimarães 30 11 8 11 49 47 +2 30
7 Belenenses 30 11 7 12 35 33 +2 29
8 Barreirense 30 11 5 14 34 46 −12 27
9 Farense 30 9 7 14 34 48 −14 25
10 Atlético CP 30 8 9 13 35 52 −17 25
11 Boavista 30 7 10 13 28 46 −18 24
12
União de Tomar
30 9 5 16 25 42 −17 23
13 Beira-Mar 30 7 9 14 29 51 −22 23
14 Leixões 30 7 7 16 26 51 −25 21
15
Académica
(R)
30 7 7 16 29 38 −9 21 Relegation to Segunda Divisão
16 Tirsense (R) 30 6 7 17 26 66 −40 19
Source: RSSSF[1] and footballzz.co.uk[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1972 Taça de Portugal Final
    , because Taça de Portugal winners, Benfica qualified for the European Cup.

Results

Home \ Away
ACA
ACP BAR BEM BEL BEN BOA
CUF
FAR LEI POR SCP TIR
UTO
VGU VSE
Académica
0–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–3 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 1–1 3–0 4–1 0–2
Atlético CP 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–5 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–2
Barreirense 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 2–2 1–1
Beira Mar 1–0 5–0 1–2 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–5 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–2
Belenenses 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0
Benfica 3–1 5–1 5–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 6–0 1–0 2–1 7–0 3–0 3–0 0–0
Boavista 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1
CUF Barreiro
2–2 1–1 1–1 5–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 5–3 2–2
Farense 4–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–5 1–1 2–2 4–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–2
Leixões 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–3
Porto 2–3 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–3 6–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 6–0 1–1 1–2 0–1
Sporting CP 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 4–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 0–0
Tirsense 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–4 3–3 3–5 1–0 1–2 0–1
União de Tomar
2–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 3–2 0–3
Vitória de Guimarães 0–0 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 5–1 3–2 0–4 1–2 7–1 2–0 1–1
Vitória de Setúbal 1–0 3–0 4–0 4–0 1–1 1–3 5–1 0–1 4–0 4–0 2–0 0–0 6–0 5–0 1–0
Source: [1][2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 Portugal Artur Jorge Benfica 27
2
José Torres
Vitória de Setúbal 21
3 Portugal Abel Porto 19
4 Portugal Eusébio Benfica 18
Brazil Flávio Minuano Porto
6 Portugal Jorge Gonçalves Vitória de Guimarães 15
Tito
Vitória de Guimarães
8 Portugal Arcanjo Vitória de Setúbal 12
Portugal Manuel António
Académica de Coimbra
Portugal José Monteiro Fabril Barreiro
Portugal Serafim Barreirense

References

  1. ^ a b "Portugal 1971-72 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  2. ^ a b "Portuguese League 1971/72 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  3. ^ "TheFinalBall Goalscorer statistics". TheFinalBall. Retrieved 24 April 2017.

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